addition
- noun
- /əˈdɪʃən/
- In mathematics, addition is the process of combining numbers to find their total.
- addition and subtraction
- addition and multiplication
- single-digit addition
They have a rule both for addition and for multiplication.
- They have a rule both for addition and for multiplication.
- It's just multiplication is just do an addition like over and over, right, right.
- But mostly it's addition, subtractions, simple divides and all that.
- He says arithmetic attains its concepts of numbers by the successive addition of units in time.
- And the mob boss turns to him and says, there's addition, there's subtraction, the rest is conversation.
- So when I went to high school, I was didn't, I couldn't read, I couldn't do addition.
- So to represent repeated addition, we could use π no, No.
- Multiplication is addition, so division is subtraction.
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The result is the sum of sequences of addition and shift operations.
Academic text (1996) -
It was a simple mistake in addition.
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So let us now do exactly this addition using complex numbers.
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All right, well, let me walk through and do some thinking and do some addition and see what I come up with.
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Imagine, for example, I ask you to engage in a complex addition problem.
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So it's just like vector addition, all right.
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For Lessons 1 through 13, students worked on addition flash cards.
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So that's how you perform addition in these groups.
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They have a rule both for addition and for multiplication.
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All pupils need to acquire proficiency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
The total you get when you add things together
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Add the numbers in the same places of two matrices to make another matrix
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Etymology
Addition comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and dare 'to give', and shares the root with the verb add. In math, addition is like 'giving' numbers to each other or joining amounts to find the total, which is why we call the process 'addition'.